Sabiha Alam Choudhury

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining at NITK:

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Professional Experience:

Total 12 years 8 months

Contact Details

E-mail:

sabihaalam [at] nitk.edu.in

sabihachoudhury9 [at] gmail.com

Mobile:

+918822779704

Faculty (author) Identifiers

Academic Background

• Ph.D. in Positive Psychology, Gauhati University, Guwahati
• Advanced Diploma in Counselling Psychology, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi
• Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Gauhati University, Guwahati
• Masters in Applied Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A. Hons. In Psychology), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Areas of Interest

• Counselling Psychology
• Positive Psychology
• Qualitative Research
• Organizational Behaviour
• Social Psychology
• Geriatrics

Significant Projects

• Completed a Research project as a Principal Investigator entitled ‘Strengthening and Expanding Interventions for Persons with Mental Disorders in the North-East Region, Phase- III’ funded by Mr. Ratan Tata Trust, from 2012 to 2016.

• Completed a Research Project on ‘The Impact of Locus of Control on the Self Esteem of Older Adults with Special Reference to North-East India’, funded by Mizoram University, from April 2022 to October 2024.

Supervision of Ph.D

1 Ph.D. Pre Submission completed (at previous institute) and 3 ongoing (at previous institute)

Significant Publications

• Chacko, A., & Choudhury S. A. (2022): A Specific form of Psychodynamic Oriented Psychotherapy for Emotional Maturity, International Journal of Special Education 37(3): 4246–4262. http://www.internationaljournalofspecialeducation.com/submission/index.p...

• Choudhury, S. A. (2015): Mapping the Applicability of Counselling In Educational Settings, Space and Culture, India 3(1): 80–90. https://spaceandculture.in/index.php/spaceandculture/article/view/111/83

• Choudhury, S. A., & Borooah, I. P. (2017): Character Strengths and Academic Achievements of Undergraduate College Students of Guwahati, Assam, Space and Culture, India, 5(1): 49–64. https://spaceandculture.in/index.php/spaceandculture/article/view/242/pdf

• Choudhury, S. A., & Borooah, I. P. (2017): Locus of Control and Academic Achievement of Undergraduate College Students of Guwahati City, International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention 6(4): 2319–7714.

• Choudhury, S. A., & Borooah, I. P. (2016): Character Strengths and Academic Achievement in Undergraduate College Students, Indian Journal of Positive Psychology 7(1): 76–83. https://doi.org/10.15614/ijpp%2F2016%2Fv7i1%2F123693

• Mishra, A., Pandit, Sargam, K., Upadhyay, R., & Choudhury, S. A. (2022): SWOT Analysis of Music Education, Journal of Xi'an Shiyou University, Natural Sciences Edition, 65(1): 103–119.

• Choudhury, S. A., Borooah, I. P., & Das, B. (2020): Perceived Discrimination in North East India: Epiphanies versus ironies, CLIO An Annual Interdisciplinary Journal of History, 6(12) June 2020

• Choudhury, S. A., & Sharma, R. (2015): Resilience and Emotional Intelligence: A Comparative Study between Government and Private School Children in Sonapur, Assam, IRA International Journal of Management & Social Sciences, 14(02): 157–160. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jmss.v14.n2sp.p15

• Achrekar, G. C., Batra, K., Urankar, Y., Batra, R., Iqbal, N., Choudhury, S. A., et al (2022): Assessing COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy and Its Correlates: An Early Evidence from India, Vaccines, 30(10): 1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10071048

• Chacko, A., & Choudhury, A. (2021): Negative Emotions, Engagement and Meaningfulness as Corollary to Lockdown: India’s northeast, Philosophical Readings XIII.4 (2021), pp. 1866-1880.

• Choudhury, S. A. (2020): Resilience an important ingredient in building strong families: with special reference to Children, Purakala Vol. 31 , Issue 17 , April 2020

• Das, B., Borooah, I. P., & Choudhury, S. A. (2021): Perceived stress and PERMA as a consequence of the Covid-19 Pandemic: North East India, Strad Research 8(8): 18–35 https://doi.org/10.37896/sr8.8/002

• Pandey, S. L., & Choudhury, S. A. (2024): Attachment Styles and Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Married Couples: A Quantitative Investigation in the Cultural Context of Mumbai, International Journal of Indian Psychology 12(1): 1659–1666.

• Pandey, S. L., & Choudhury, S. A. (2024): Attachment Style and Deception in Married Couples, Journal of Behavioural Science & Psychology, 7(2): 180107. https://academicstrive.com/OAJBSP/OAJBSP180107.pdf

Book Chapters
• Choudhury, S. A. (2015): Locus of Control and its Impact on the Academic achievement on High school students in the School Psychology book, Enhancing Psychological Competencies. Puducherry School Psychology.

• Choudhury, S. A. (2020): Perceived Discrimination in North East India: Epiphanies vs. Ironies‟, in the book Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19): Scoping Review, on September 12, 2020, with ISBN 978-81-946587-9-5

• Choudhury, S. A. (2021): Positive Psychology and its role during COVID-19: Strengths based Pursuit towards Well Being in the edited E-book “COVID-19: Biopsychosocial Perspectives”
Book/Edited Book
• Borooah, I. P., Choudhury, S. A., & Das, B. (2022): COVID-19 and India’s Northeast Psychological and Social Imprints, Routledge India

• Borooah, I. P., Das, B., & Choudhury, S. A., (2024): Environmental Intimacies from India’s Northeast: Psychosocial implications for Pro-Environment behaviour, Routledge India

Achievements

Foreign Assignments
• Visiting faculty in the Department of Psychobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Perma, Italy, in the year 2019.
Achievements
• Best performance award for extraordinary contribution in the field of School Psychology in India, in the 8th InSPA International conference held at Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, on the 11th of October 2018.

• Awarded Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence in the year 2009, in the Women‟s College, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

• Best paper award for the paper entitled, “The practice of Self compassion during Covid-19 Pandemic‟, presented in the International Conference on Education 4.0: Opportunities and Challenges on August 2, 2020.

Details of Professional Trainings Conducted

• Conducted a Workshop as a Resource Person on Stress Management among Adolescents on 5th of April, 2014 as a Professional Training for the students and faculty members of Pub Kamrup College, Baihata Chariali, Assam, India

• Conducted a workshop as a Resource Person on Stress Management 20th of March, 2015 Professional Training for the students and faculty members of Women Studies Research Cell, Lalit Chandra Bharali College, Guwahati, Assam. India.

• Conducted a week-long Faculty Development Programme on Self Awareness and Students Mentoring 28th January to 4th February, 2016. A Weeklong seminar cum training program for the faculty of Asian Institute of Management and Technology (affiliated to Gauhati University, approved by the Department of Higher Education, Government of Assam), India

• Resource Person in 10th UGC-SPONSORED REFRESHER COURSE on Child Development, Women’s Issues and Gender Sensitization from 11-25 March 2022 for Faculty members from all over different Universities in India in the UGC Human Resource Development Centre, Gauhati University, India

• Conducted a symposium on Flourishing: An essential concept in promoting wellbeing in schools 2016 A Professional training for the professionals in the field of Mental health and Psychology in the 3rd International Conference by the Department of Applied Psychology of Pondicherry University

• Conducted a Workshop as a Resource person on Child and Adolescent Mental Health On 30th of March, 2017 - A Professional training for the faculty and students of Asian Institute of Nursing Education, Guwahati, India.

• Served as a Visiting faculty and conducted workshops on Positive wellbeing in the Department of Psychobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy July, 2019 Summer training for the PhD and Masters students in the Department of Psychobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy

• Conducted a symposium on Building resilience in children with Adverse childhood experiences 11-12th February 2020 Professional training for the professionals in the field of Mental health and Psychology in the First APSPA International Conference on Mental Health and Wellbeing among children at the National Institute of Education, Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Conducted a session as a Resource Person on Happiness and Personality Development Program 25-01-2020 Professional training for the Judicial Officers in Grade III OF Assam Judicial Service (24 Batch) at the Judicial Academy

• Conducted a Faculty Development Programme as a Resource Person on Team building and Leadership January 27th to 1st February, 2020 Professional training for the faculty of Assam Engineering College, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India

• Conducted a session as a Resource Person on wellbeing 25th June, 2020 Professional training on Positive Psychology in the pursuit of Wellbeing during COVID-19 situation for Bangladesh School Psychology Association

• Conducted a session as a Resource person on Positive Psychology in the Pursuit of Wellbeing - A strength based approach 29th May 2020 Professional training Indian School Psychology Association, India

• Conducted a session as a Resource person on Mental Health and Stigma 2nd and 3rd of April 2020 Professional training and Capacity Building training Para Mental Health Workers

• Conducted a session as a Resource Person on Mental Health and its importance amongst the Youth 3rd and 4th May, 2023 Professional training for the faculty and students in the Library Week: Library services in Knowledge Society

• Delivered a lecture at the International conference on Emerging trends in Psychological Interventions: Future Prospects and Challenges (RCI Accredited) 14th to 16th November 2023 Professional training in the International conference of School of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Mizoram University, India

• Delivered a Special lecture on The Importance of Building Resilience for the youth 11th March, 2024 Professional training for the faculty and students Organized by Department of Rehabilitation Psychology, Composite Regional Centre, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.

• Resource person for a session on Life Skills Education during the National Integration camp 8th to 14th March 2019 Professional training during The National Service Scheme, Guwahati Regional Directorate.

• Conducted a workshop on Teacher as a First level counsellor 13th -15th December 2023 Professional training under Samagra Shiksha Mizoram for the Government school and college teachers of Mizoram.

• Conducted a session on Group therapy for the Certificate course on Counselling August 2018 Professional training for the mental health professionals of MIND INDIA Guwahati.

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